In 2012 around 1,617 suicides occurred in Malaysia, 53 more than in 2011. In 2012, on average 4 Malaysians committed suicide every day.
Malaysia reported 5.48 suicides per 100,000 inhabitants, much less than the average suicide in the world, of 9.87 self-harm per 100.000 people.
Of the 1,617 recorded suicide cases in 2012, 1,196 were men suicides and 421 were women. So that, the suicide rate among males were 7.84 per 100,000 men and for women 2.92 per 100,000 female.
Statistics show that in 2014, suicides were the main cause of unnatural death in the world. In Malaysia suicide also is one of the leading causes of unnatural death. By comparison, there were 602 homicides in Malaysia, suicides far outnumber homicides. For every homicide there were 2.7 suicides.
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